EditorialThe landscape artist Lily Kwong at the exhibit she designed, “The Orchid Show: Natural Heritage,” at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, Feb. 14, 2023. (Elias Williams/The New York Times)
EditorialLutfi Janania, left, a botanical sculptor, with the musician Kalifa at a party hosted by Guilty By Association at the Ace Hotel in Downtown Brooklyn, Jan. 10, 2023. (Rebecca Smeyne/The New York Times)
EditorialMargo Miller, the executive director of the Appalachian Community Fund, at the Knoxville Botanical Gardens in Knoxville, Tenn., on Oct. 19, 2022. (Jessica Tezak/The New York Times)
EditorialAn undated photo provided by New York Botanical Garden Photo of a fern-leaf maple (Acer japonicum Aconitifolium) in its fall glory at the New York Botanical Garden, with hot-colored foliar pigments taking center stage, after the chlorophyll that dominated the growing season recedes. (New York Botanical Garden Photovia The New York Times)